Spurred on by the Federal Reserve Board's half-point cut in interest rates, the stock market closed out a buoyant week on ...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed modestly higher Friday to notch a fresh record high, with major benchmarks booking weekly gains in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s large interest-rate cut on ...
It's a stark contrast to several weeks ago when global equity markets suffered a savage pullback at the start of August as a scare about the health of the U.S. economy dovetailed with a sudden surge ...